so men and u.s. airways could be the biggest carrier not just in the u.s. but in the entire world. valued at nearly $11 billion. so the boards have approved this. we are expecting an announcement later today but the deal is far from done. they still need a lot of regulators to approve this deal. what it does, and as you can see by this chart we'll show you, that is it brings the number carriers here in the u.s. down to four. we've seen so much merger activity since 2008 starting with delta and northwest that really, all of these airlines coal 80% of traffic so there is not that many options left for passengers. you got to imagine that fares are going to go up just a little bit. you shouldn't be too alarmed by. this a recent survey from price waterhouse cooper shows that over the years 2004 to 2011, air fare actually went down. >> since we are on the topic of merger and it is valentine's day, let it is a talk about merging at work. apparently, this is becoming more common. >> your next husband or wife might be sitting right next to you. a career builder survey shows that four out of